diff --git a/include/wx/osx/cocoa/private.h b/include/wx/osx/cocoa/private.h
index e3658ff2c8..afcf152703 100644
--- a/include/wx/osx/cocoa/private.h
+++ b/include/wx/osx/cocoa/private.h
@@ -169,6 +169,7 @@ public :
     void                SetFont(const wxFont & font) override;
     void                SetToolTip( wxToolTip* tooltip ) override;
     void                SetAccessibilityLabel(const wxString& label) override;
+    void                SetAccessibilityTitleElement(wxWidgetImpl* title) override;
 
     void                InstallEventHandler( WXWidget control = nullptr ) override;
     bool                EnableTouchEvents(int eventsMask) override;
diff --git a/include/wx/osx/core/private.h b/include/wx/osx/core/private.h
index 4c6207a32c..632d0a8174 100644
--- a/include/wx/osx/core/private.h
+++ b/include/wx/osx/core/private.h
@@ -397,6 +397,7 @@ public :
     virtual void        SetToolTip(wxToolTip* WXUNUSED(tooltip)) { }
 
     virtual void        SetAccessibilityLabel(const wxString& WXUNUSED(label)) { }
+    virtual void        SetAccessibilityTitleElement(wxWidgetImpl* WXUNUSED(title)) { }
 
     // is the clicked event sent AFTER the state already changed, so no additional
     // state changing logic is required from the outside
diff --git a/include/wx/osx/stattext.h b/include/wx/osx/stattext.h
index 654ccb5024..6f8e403cee 100644
--- a/include/wx/osx/stattext.h
+++ b/include/wx/osx/stattext.h
@@ -38,6 +38,8 @@ public:
 
     virtual bool AcceptsFocus() const override { return false; }
 
+    virtual wxOSXWidgetImpl* GetLabelPeer() const override { return GetPeer(); }
+
 protected :
 
     virtual wxString WXGetVisibleLabel() const override;
diff --git a/include/wx/osx/window.h b/include/wx/osx/window.h
index f4ac0d3ae8..735f4db67e 100644
--- a/include/wx/osx/window.h
+++ b/include/wx/osx/window.h
@@ -280,6 +280,10 @@ public:
     // the 'true' OS level control for this wxWindow
     wxOSXWidgetImpl*    GetPeer() const;
 
+    // the peer of this window if it is a label which can be used as the
+    // accessibility title of the next control, or nullptr otherwise
+    virtual wxOSXWidgetImpl* GetLabelPeer() const { return nullptr; }
+
     // optimization to avoid creating a user pane in wxWindow::Create if we already know
     // we will replace it with our own peer
     void                DontCreatePeer();
diff --git a/src/osx/cocoa/window.mm b/src/osx/cocoa/window.mm
index 563a270ace..c732b7cab4 100644
--- a/src/osx/cocoa/window.mm
+++ b/src/osx/cocoa/window.mm
@@ -4042,6 +4042,24 @@ void wxWidgetCocoaImpl::SetAccessibilityLabel(const wxString& label)
         [view setAccessibilityLabel:str];
 }
 
+void wxWidgetCocoaImpl::SetAccessibilityTitleElement(wxWidgetImpl* title)
+{
+    // VoiceOver reads the view inside a scroll view, e.g. the text view of a
+    // multiline wxTextCtrl, and not the scroll view itself.
+    NSView* view = m_osxView;
+    if ( [view isKindOfClass:[NSScrollView class]] )
+    {
+        NSView* const documentView = [(NSScrollView*)view documentView];
+        if ( documentView )
+            view = documentView;
+    }
+
+    // For most controls the accessibility element is not the view itself but
+    // its cell, so link the elements actually used by VoiceOver.
+    [NSAccessibilityUnignoredDescendant(view) setAccessibilityTitleUIElement:
+        NSAccessibilityUnignoredDescendant(title->GetWXWidget())];
+}
+
 void wxWidgetCocoaImpl::InstallEventHandler( WXWidget control )
 {
     WXWidget c =  control ? control : (WXWidget) m_osxView;
diff --git a/src/osx/window_osx.cpp b/src/osx/window_osx.cpp
index 3679bcff43..84ce04e43c 100644
--- a/src/osx/window_osx.cpp
+++ b/src/osx/window_osx.cpp
@@ -453,6 +453,17 @@ void wxWindowMac::MacPostControlCreate(const wxPoint& pos,
     }
 #endif
 
+    // Controls without their own label are typically preceded by a label
+    // describing them, which screen readers use as their name under MSW, so
+    // do the same here.
+    if ( GetLabel().empty() && !GetLabelPeer() )
+    {
+        const wxWindow* const prev = GetPrevSibling();
+        wxOSXWidgetImpl* const labelPeer = prev ? prev->GetLabelPeer() : nullptr;
+        if ( labelPeer )
+            GetPeer()->SetAccessibilityTitleElement(labelPeer);
+    }
+
 }
 
 void wxWindowMac::DoSetWindowVariant( wxWindowVariant variant )